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The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

In another English opera company,
formed for the summer months, it was
found that the tenors were too light for
the rest of the chorus The manager pro-
tested that there were voices enough, and
one of the singers were questioned why
he did not sing with more force. He re-
piled that c., the leader of the tenors,
didn't, and that if C. would not sing out,
he was not inclined to strain his throat to
do the work of two. G. was thereupon
interviewed, and his answer to the re-
monstranees Of the manager was;
II am paid summer wages and | re-
fuse to sing in anything but my summer
voice."
1t was thought that a singer who con-
cerned himself chiefly about the preserva-
ton of his voice for the regular season
was hardly the man to lead in a warm
weather troupe, and the engagement of G..
and his summer voice came to a speedy
termination.-Bos Cor. Providence
Journal
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

We are accustomed to associate such
gigantic water carvings as the Colorado
canyon and the Niagara gorge with almost
uncomfortable periods of time, yet instan-
ces are numerous of the wearing from
the solid rock of gorges hundreds of feet
deep by two or three centuries only of
work. Lyel mentions the case of the
Simeto, in Sicily, which had been damned
by lavas in 1903. In two and half
centuries it had excavated channel fifty
to several hundred feet deep, and in some
parts forty to fifty feet wide, although the
rock is q hard basalt. He also describes
a gorge in decomposed rock, near Mill
edgeville, Ca, that was at first mud
crack yard deep, but which, in twenty
years, was 300 yards long, twenty to 1S0
feet wide and fifty-five feet deep; and
Liais describes similar gorge, of twice
the length, in Brazil, made in forty years.
But it is in the low lands bordering
rivers that the flood artist finds the plas-
tic material that may be nodded with
the streams rapidly wear into earthly
banks. commencing new bends or cutting
off old ones, and even opening new chan
nels for discharge. The great and trlrbu-
lent HoangHo is noted for its devasta-
tions, says Dana. In 1850 it emptied
into the Yellow sea; now this mouth is
dry, and it has new channel opening to
the Gulf of Pechele, nearly 800 miles
north of its former outlet, and it departed
from the old channel more than this dis
tance from the coast. This is the last of
many changes, back and forth, recorded
by the Chinese during the past 5000
years. rs.-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
The rressmnn.s Artistic Work.

You have often heard tho expression
"artist's proof, " in alluding to pictures.
and there are many curio collectors who
make a speciality of them. When a re-
production is made either in lithography,
photogravure or steel engraving, tho
stone or plate is mixed or colored and
fine piece of paper laid upon this. Then
the engraver rubs his hand or a brush
carefully over every bit of surface until
all the shadows and outlines are rubbed
in. 1t is run through a press slowly,
and after being allowed TO remain tho
proof is carefully pulled off the plate.
This is the artists proof, and is supposed
to be perfect. Other proofs taken after
that are not so carefully taken, and for
that reason the artist proof is isconsidered
preferable.
The fine work on cuts that claim artis-
tic merit is not known to the public gen.
orally. An artist may draw beautifully
and the engraver do his work handsome
ly, but the foreman of the pressroom,
who does not appear in the case, is tho
one who must make or spoil the picture.
The time he spends in hunting for the
lights and shades, bringing up or lower
ing the impression before the plate goes
to press, is not recognized by those who
look at the picture when it goes forth in
its perfect condition. With a rough press
proof before him and the artist s proof,
he cuts little strips out here and pastes
on little bits there that make the press
proof look like section of crazy patch
work. His work is laborious and he has
to be careful man to realize the artist s
idea.-Globe-D Democrat.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
The Monks Fleet.

Monks are known, nowadays, to turn
their labors to account in a lltilitarian
point of view, but few are aware of their
taking to the sea as a means of adding to
their resources. Yet in the White sea,
in the north of Russia, there is fleet of
six steamers, which are owned, officered
and manned by the monks. They ply
between Arcbangel and the island of
Solovetsk, where there is a monastery.
and their business is to convey pilgrims
to the island. AS many as 10000 peo-
pie annually make the journey between
May and September, the only time when
the island is accessible. There is fine
vineyard ON the borders of the Moselie
that is worked entirely by monks, and
the wine is almost equal in reputation to
the famous Benedictine hqueur that is
also prepared within the shaded retreats
of the cloisters.-San Francisco Chron-
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

The story is now being told OF con-
scientious tithing man in New England
town years ago, Gen. H., the big man
of the town, had a daughter who was
educated in Boston. Once she brought
home with her lover, a Boston man.
now a merchant of this city. He went
to church with her, sat in the same pew,
and when the first hymn was given out
found ii and handed the hymn book to
her. She bowed, and took it. Second
hymn, the same. The old tithing man
looked and frowned, but did not quite
like to offend Gen. II. But he thought
it over and over, and his conscience ac-
cused him Of being ''respecter" of per-
sons. He took his seat in the afternoon
resolved to do his duty fearlessly. Tho
hymn was given out. The young man
found it, and handed the book to Miss
H.. she bowed, and took it. Rap, rap,
rap, went the old mans stick. Then
pointing TO Gen. II. s pew, "You, you
l mean Gen. III. s gal and her Boston
beau! None of your carvings on here,
say. New York Sun.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Killing the Bacilli of Consumption

The method (Bergeon's) has, up to the
present, been used upon about 100 cases
in this city without any untoward effects,
so far as known, except in one or two in
stances, one of which was due to lealy
bag and another to incorrect administra-
ton.
1t is, perhaps, too soon to decide posi-
lively on the therapeutic value of the new
method, but it seems, in the experience in
this city, to have the special quality of
diminishing night sweats and improving
the appetite,
In Bergeon's cases, the trifling expec-
torations Of those apparently practically
cured continued to contain bacilli. This
fact may be taken both for an indication
that the immediate danger in phthisis Is
less from the bacilli than from the septic
@mia which they set up, and as an indi-
cation that this protective treatment,
when successful, should not be discon-
tinued until the general healthiness of
the tissues is sufficiently restored to resist
the further development and sustenance
of the bacillus tuberculosis. Philadelphia
Polytechnic.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

A worthy ''mynheer," resident at the
Hague, had favorite monkey whom he
had taught to drink every day a small
glass of the national beverage-gin.
Some time ago he decided that he would
get rid of his pet, and gave him TO
friend. But Jocko was not willing
exile from his masters roof. Three
times he returned, as if to inform the lat
ter that he had not the slightest wish to
change owners.
The affair having become tiresome, the
burgiler determined to have recourse to
treachery to rid himself of his too faith
full friend. He accordingly, in preparing
the animals daily ration of gin, slipped
in stiff dose of powerful poison. Not
counting on the delicacy of Jocko's pal
ate, he probably mSde the mixture need
lessly strong. At any rate this singular
scene took place:
Before raising the liquid the monkey
smelt of it, and not being pleased with
the odor threw the glass from him in a
sudden fury. He then sprang at the
hand that had held the glass and bit it
until the blood came. The man had tho
wound at once cauterized, but has since
died from its effects.-New York Gra-
phic
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

Worthy of consideration and imitation
is the extreme good care that MeXicans
take OF their physical health, They regu-
late their diet, bathing, eXercise-study
every phase Of existence, in short, with a
view to the avoidance of conditions con-
ducive to disease. Exercise after bathing,
protection of the nasal, throat and chest
channels against great or sudden changes
of temperature, night air, ETC., the avoid
ance of excessive emotion of any sort just
before or after meals, even to the extent
of sacrificing the meal, the remuneration
of food articles thought to be pernicious
to the individual constitution or condi-
tions. Such are some of the precautions
which doubtless prolong life in Mexico,
notwithstanding so many conditions of
hygienic and sanitary undesirability.-Y.
II. Adds in San Francisco Chronicle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

1t seems to me that there is in our days
a breed of youngsters with minds quick
ened to a degree unequaled in their
predecessors. I know scores of these
boys, the like of whom knew not in my
own boyhood- sharp witted, know
ing and full of that quality which used
to be called s'gumption. Their growth
in this city appears to be promoted
mainly by three things. Firstly, by the
tremendous energy of New York life,
which prompts an early development of
the faculties, stimulates their action and
tends to what is known as ''level headed
ness" Secondly, by the common school
system. Go into these schools, look at
the discipline, scan the text books, watch
the mental drill, and then see how the
mind and manners must be affected in
the formative period between Z and IA.
Thirdly, by the daily papers. MultiIudes
of youngsters read other sheets nowadays
beside the weekly story tellers, as every
body is aware who keeps his eyes open
about town. Thus they get a smattering
Of knowledge of current affairs, social
progress, political, business and practical
life that works profoundly upon their
nature. These three agencies, it seems to
me, are fertilizing the boyish brain in a
wonderful way.-John Swinton in Kan
sas City Times.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Sunday in Paris,

The French positively refuse to recog-
nize Sunday as day of rest. The French
workman seems to identify the breach of
the Sabbath with self respect and the
yindication of liberty. He will refuse to
work for an employer who makes it a
condition that he does not work on Sun
day. A church has been known to be
kept waiting for necessary repairs roof
that let in the rain--because the cure
would not consent to have the men work
ing on Sunday, and the men would not
give in on the point. The first of the
great business houses to close on Sunday
was the Bon Marche, and it was predicted
that it would soon become bankrupt; but
the Bon Marche held ON It's way, and in
this case virtue earned its own reward,
for no house of the kind has ever flour
ished, probably, as that popular shop has
done, The large shops in Paris are now
closed on Sunday and the majority of the
smaller ones. But the workingman proper
holds out. He holds to the principle of
working ON Sunday and resting on Mon
day.-Boston Globe.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Bees as Storm Warners.

Herr Emmerig, Of Laningen, in an
article in Die Natur on German bees as
storm warmers, advances the theory that,
on the approach of thunder storms, bees,
otherwise gentle and harmless, become
excited and exceedingly irritable, and
will at once attack any one, even their
usual attendant, approaching their hives.
A succession of instances are given in
which the barometer and hygrometer
foretold q storm, the bees remaining
quiet, and no storm occurred; or the in
struments gave no intimation of a storm,
but the bees for hours before were ir-
ritable, and the storm came. Boston
Herald
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
A COMPARISON.

When say what J think you art like. dear.
How how shall picture thy graces
When sing of she soul adore, dear,
And sing of thy beautiful face,
Shall say thou art like TO a rose. dear?
All, no, for each rose has its thornl
Shall say thou art like to a star, dear?
The stars all forsake us at dawnl
Shall say thou art like to pctureS
A pictures too easily marred!
Shall say thou art like to a gem, dear2
All, no, for gem is too hard,
What dost think should say thou art like, dear.
The sunshine? The fair skies aboveg
No, there'sony one thing is thine equal.
One thing thou art like-that is love.
IN. H." in Frank Leslies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Simple Cures in Mexico.

At Mexican table fruit is invariably
taken before dessert, the people saying,
certainly with much reason, that its
more delicate flavor is impaired by the
stronger sweets of the dessert. From
this gastronomical point one eifdes by a
not unnatural transition to certain phases
of physical interest, namely, the employ
ment of curative herbs and simples-
tisanes, as the French say. OF course,
this is not to be very effectively applied
for expeditions results in acute extremi-
ties. 1t would scarcely prove adequate
to the occasion in case of cholera or an
encounter with buzz saw, but for mild
forms of illness it is certainly right COM
mendable.
For instance, when have been sight
seeing unduly, to the extent of wearing
out three able bodied men and a pair of
shoes, and find the next day that head
ache or backache or an all over ache
ens,les, | no longer invest my surplus
patrimony in arsenic tonics or brandy
No! I lie still and shout "Dionysia-a-al"
or any other name that happens TO be
uppermost in the calendar. They do not
come to inquire my wants-those hapless
kitchen women-they are sadly wise by
experience. They hang themselves over
the balustrade of the kitchen up stairs
the consistency of the country reverses the
planes of domestic use-and wall. Isl,
nina!" and presently one of them comes
down, bearing a plate on which repose
three small angular Jumps of sugar, a
thin, highly polished brass teaspoon and
cupful of piping hot tea of chamomile,
orange leaves, Castilian rose OF some such
poetic matter.
And it is not all poetry, either; ii
scoops" the pain every time. I have
not yet come to the point of curing a
headache with d leaf of nocotinium or a
bit of cigarette paper stuck on the tenn
Piles, but daresay I shall come to that in
time. Already. however, do fearlessly
and unreservedly pin my faith to choco-
late paper for the cure of a cold on the
chest. When reached Mexico, had a
cold which threatened pneumonia, and
| JQsefita, my landiady, recommended In
glowing terms the efficacy of a chocolate
wrapper, Thereupon sneered with that
intensity of sneer possible only to the
possessor of long and aquiline nose, and
Josefita took on look of injury and
af1iiction.-City of Mexico Cor. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Skins of the Ouagga.

The demand for the skins of the
quagga, the wild striped ass, a native of
south Africa, has caused its extirpation
In places it was accustomed to frequent
Only ten or twelve years ago they were
plentiful, but the Beers, tempted by the
high prices offered by London and New
York firms for their skins, to convert
into leather for making a particular class
of boots, will soon cause the quagga to
pass away out of zoology. Boston Tran
Scrint
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
scouts on the Bicycle.

One of the novel features of the Easter
maneuvers of the volunteer soldiers Of
England at Dover was the use of bicycle
and tricycle. riders as scouts. They ex-
ceed cavalry in swiftness and are able to
go much more secretly and to cross
rougher country. When the rider of a
bicycle would come to fence he would
climb it and throw his machine over
quickly. Even in crossing heavy, plowed
fields and marshy strips of land, bicycle
riders have outstripped the horses. Up
ward of 800 bicyclists were thus EN-
ployed at Dover as scouts.-Frank Les
lies.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
DimcuIties of Science.

Even the most learned men, from tho
humble one shirted savant TO the great
scientists among the crowned heads and
tell what causes the wonderful northern
lights, yet to solve that great problem is
a mere bagatelle when compared to the
task of prescribing formula that will
cause the mild rabbit of Kansas TO eschew
the succulent bark of the young and
tender apple tree. st. Paul Herald.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
ODDS AND ENDS.

It is actually believed in Berlin that we've
it not for the strict prohibition of his doctors
the emperor would dance at every ball he at
tends,
Russia imports annually raw cotton to the
value of s43, 100000.
A Chicago canning company has concluded
a contract for 800, 900 kilos of canned meat
for the French army and 5000, 900 for the
navy.
A man in the duchy of Anhalt has wagered
1000 marks that within tgo years he can
copy the whole of the Bible. punctuation and
all, without single mistake.
A solid citizen of Wisconsin was so mad on
returning home to find that during his alb
sence his wife had had the shade trees in front
trimmed SO that their beauty was ruined that
he refused to sleep in the house, spent the
night in the barn, caught cold and died
One of the most remarkable thefts on rec
ord is reported fronl Whatcom, Washington
territory, where a thief stole an entire
orchard, just planted, hiding his work for
time by sticking willow twigs in holes where
the fruit trees had been.
One of the leading banks of New York
was in q novel predicament the other day
The cashier locked the safe Monday night
with a confused idea that it was Saturday,
and set the time lock for forty-two instead of
ssixteen hours. A brokers' firm which went
for some securities it had on deposit could
not get them.
'tSilotwor' is a new explosive ten times
| the strength of gunpowder, exploding with
out smoke or noise A Russian invented it,
1t is said that / 500, 900 copies of George W.
| Peck's bad Boy" books have been sold.
! 1t seems that the business of the American
Tract society has fallen off one-half in fifteen
| years
| Mr.. Dion Boucicault wants the actors to
build commodious central club house, where
| they can receive visits from managers and
transact other professional business, without
depending upon hotel barrooms or dramatic
| agencies.
Slr, Abel, of the Baltimore Sun, with
| twenty millions or more at his back, Is said
to be the richest newspaper man in tie
world.
Mrs. Grant has so far received 1894, 4,459 az
profits ON the sale of "Grants Memoirs"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Charges OF Plagiarism.

Mr.. H. Rider Hags ard notes that charges
of plagiarism are easy to make and difficult tc
disprove; that it is quite impossible for any
body 10 write anything that does not in some
way touch on ground which has been already
trodden by others; that the human mind
never thinks a new thought, and that the
most it can do is to present an old one in q
new aspect ct-Harpers BaEar.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

The value of mineral wool as nom
conductor of heat is shown to exceed that
of more solid matter, such as asbestos,
cement, kaolin and magnesia, not only
because it contains SO great an amount of
air, but also because, while the fibers of
wool subdivide the space by innumerable
threads, SO as to absolutely prevent cir
lation of air, it does not, like the others
named, form separate air cells, with solid
walls like a honeycomb This honey
comb structure, being of solid material,
of course is a powerful conductor of heat.
D.,x,,o,, p,zJ,.at
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
New Features Added.

The panorama Of the battle of Atlanta
at neighboring city was recently closed
and new features added. IL seems that
the artist had been reading the magazine
articles since he finished it and wanted to
paint in the picture of two generals, each
sixteen feet high, slashing at each other
with br oadswords a rod long. That's his
idea Of war now.-Dalxota Bell.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
Flesh Eating CofIins.

The ancient Roman coffin, according to
Pliny, was generally of stone. In some
cases it was of peculiar kind of stone,
which was claimed to have the faculty Of
destroying the entire body with the ex-
ception of the teeth, in forty days. Hence
the name ''sarcophagus, literally mean
ing flesh eater. The stone is now sup
posed to have been species of limestone.
-Arlsansaw Traveller.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

When gruff old Thomas Carlyle read
Browning's ''Ring and the Brook he
gave it the following criticism ut is a
wonderful book, one of the most Won
derful poems ever written. re-read it
all through-all made out of an Old
Bailey story, that might have been told
in ten lines, and only wants forgetting
Detroit Free Press
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
A Novel Lens.

A scientific novelty is "a lens which
magnifies, yet is perfectly fiat on beth
sides. 1t is made at jena by the manu-
facture of Professor Abbe's new optical
glass. The lens consists of single disk
whose density varies SO that its retroactive
power decreases regularly from the sur
face inward, Frank Lesie's.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

In letter from a German physician,
who is resident of Brazil, it is stated
that permanganate of potash is as in
fallible am antidote for snake bites in that
country as in India. and that every
farmer keeps some of it in his dwelling.
Boston Budget.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09
The EARTHQUAKES In IsaIy.

The recent earthquakes and other vio-
lent disturbances in Italy are attributed
to the influence of the sun and moon ON
the earth. A German scientist predicts
further disturbances from the same cause
This wear
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-06-09

Professor Max Muller sports thirty
seven titles conferred on him by great
scientific aDd literary societies and uni
versities,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-05
Land AM, the Indians.

Senator Dawes bill for the allotment of
lands in severalty to the Indians will, If 1t
becomes law, mark new era in Indian
affairs. Under its provisions the reserva-
tions are to be surveyed, and Indians may
locate specified amounts of land, which
they may own by "white mans title"
and must do it within specified period or
have allotment made for them. The land
is to be held for twenty-five years in trust
by the government for each owner, to in.
sure that he shall not be cheated out Of it (;
upon the completion Of the allotments of
any tribe the civil and criminal laws Of the
state or territory, in which the land lies shall
extend over the reservation, and no terri
tory shall make laws denying Indians with.
in its jurisdiction the equal protection OF
law. 1t is further declared that all Indians
born within the limits of the United States
to whom allotments shall have been made
and all who have abandoned their tribes
and adopted civilized life, are citizens OF
the United States, and entitled to the
rights and privileges of such.
The secretary of the interior recon-
mended the passage of bill offered by a
committee of the House TO provide for 8
commission to supervise Indian affairs, snt
especially the allotment of land in sever
atty, but the Dawes bill promises to SETTLE
that question finally if it passes; which il
doubtful.